Biography of Peter A. HatmakerTompkins County, NY Biographies

Hatmaker, Peter A., was born April 1, 1817, in Chestnut Hill, Northampton county, Pa. He first moved to Newfield,
Tompkins county, and in the spring of 1867 moved into the town of Ithaca, buying the Daniel Seaman farm of ninety
five acres. He married Oraminta, daughter of David Atwater, of Trumansburgh, by whom he had a son and a daughter.
He is a Democrat in politics, and takes an intelligent interest in the events of the day. Mr. Hatmaker has always
lived on the same farm which he first purchased, and is recognized as a thoroughly practical farmer. When a boy
his father sent him from Pennsylvania to find a suitable location to settle on. He made the journey on foot to
Owego, and returned to Pennsylvania, taking the cars from Owego to Ithaca, and steam cars only reaching to Candor;
the balance of the distance the cars were drawn by horses.

From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Cornell University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894